ILA's Daggett vows fight on container royalties

Monday, November 19, 2012

Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, has broken weeks of silence during contract negotiations to complain that employers "want to grab more money away from the ILA and its members by placing a cap on container royalty." The union also said its negotiators "would not budge" on their opposition to eliminating the 8-hour guarantee and overtime provisions during negotiations in September with U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), the organization that represents ILA employers - shipping lines, terminals, and port associations. When negotiations did not produce an agreement near the Sept. 30, 2012 contract deadline, the ILA and USMX agreed to a 90-day extension and assistance from the Fede...